Mechanical and magnetic amusement game



No. 623,887. Patented Apr. 25, I899.

I H. COTTRELL. MECHANICAL AND MAGNETIC AMUSEMENT GAME.

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MECHANICAL AND MAGNETIC AMUSEMENT GAME.

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No. 623,887. Patented Apr. 25, I899. H. GUTTRELL.

MECHANICAL AND MAGNETIC'AMUSEMENT GAME.

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HERBERT COTTRELL, OF NEWVARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN E.

LASSIG, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

MECHANICAL AND MAGNETIC AMUSEMENT GAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,887, dated April 25, 1899.

, Application filed January 17, 1899- $erial No. 702,479. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT UOTTRELL, of the city of Newark, county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical and Magnetic Amusement Games, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved mechanical movement adapted to carry a magnet or magnets and to impart a rotary and a revolving motion to the same parallel with and in close proximity to a stationary nonmagnetic plate or board having designations upon the face thereof, so that an iron or steel disk or similar armature-piece placed upon its outer surface may be attracted by the said magnets and caused to move upon the face of the plate in correspondence with the movements of the magnets on the opposite side thereof. This armature-disk, when the motion imparted to it by the magnets ceases, may be caused to stop upon a numbered space or other given designation, or it may be driven against a pawn, resting upon some given space, to dislodge the same, or it may be driven within a trap or goal, as each of these contingencies have been provided for in variations of the operation of the device.

Figures 1 to 22, inclusive, in the accompanying drawings show the construction and details of my invention,in which similar letters of reference throughout refer to similar parts. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the general construction of the mechanism. Fig. 4 is a vertical section showing the same and the relation of the mechanical parts to each other.

Figs. 1, 2, 3, and4 show the construction of the case provided to contain the mechanism, in which A is the top plate, upon which the armature-disk or (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and in full in Figs. 19 and 20) may be operated. B is the side wall of the case, curved at its upper edge to interlock with the plate A and hold it in position to form the top of the case, and flared at its lower edge to hold the base-plate O, forming the bottom of the case. The edge of the bottom is bent upward at a corresponding angle to the flare of the side wall to engage therewith.

In Fig. 4 at e is a central pedestal.

(Shown in detail Figs. 11 and 12.) It consists of a vertical cored piece with a horizontal base and serves as a pivot and support for a ver-' tical shaft land at the outer end of the base as a fulcrum for a segment-gear lever 01, detail Figs. 9 and 10. The shaftl carries a small pinion z' and a balance-wheel 0, detail Figs. 7 and 8, and a small pinion K. This latter is adapted to engage with the segment gear lever cl and to be rotated and to operate the system thereby. The vertical portion of e (designated 0") affords a bearing for a horizontal arm f, detail Figs. 13 and 14, whichis cored and recessed and fitted to turn freely upon 1*. The outer end of arm f is also cored and recessed to carry a vertical shaft m, on the upper end of which is attached a large gear g, (shown in Fig. 3,) which serves as a table-wheel to carry magnets h h, Figs. 3 and 4, and is caused to turn by engaging with small pinion 2' on shaft Z. This gear 9 is partly supported by a friction-wheel b, attached to the outer end of arm f and arranged to run upon a circular track a, whichis shown broken away in Figs. 3, 5, and 6 and is made with a central portion formed to be attached to the bottom of case 0 and to fit around the base of pedestal e, as shown in dotted lines,

Fig. 3.

The operation of the device is as follows: The disk n is placed at any point upon the face of plate A, Fig. 1, which is shown divided and numbered and tinted to represent colorsas, for instance, red, white, and blue. The segment-gear lever dis moved quickly to the right or left far enough to disengage its toothed portion from the pinion K. The motion imparted to K rotates the shaft 1, with its balance-wheel o and pinion 2', which, engaging with table-gear g, causes it to rotate upon the vertical shaft m, together with the magnets 71, h. The wheel 1), bearing against the under portion of gear 9 and resting upon the track a, is caused by friction to rotate, and asit is attached to the end of the arm f it is caused to travel around the circular track a, carrying with it the arm f, the tablegear g, and the magnets h h. So it will be obvious that a movement of the segment-gear lever d to the left or right will cause the magnets h hto rotate upon the centerof shaft m and also to revolve around the center of shaft Z. Now the armature-disk a when the magnets h it pass beneath it will be attracted thereby, and as it is formed to otter but little friction it will glide in circles, rotative and revolving, over the smooth face of the plate A in correspondence with the motion of the magnets h h until the mechanism ceases to move, when it will rest upon a color or number, thus enabling a count to be made in the game; or the armature-disk a may be played against a pawn 0, (shown in detail Figs. 2t and 22 and in dotted lines, Fig. 1,) the object being to cause the armature-disk a to be driven against the pawn 0 to displace it from a given number or space; or the trap or goal p, detail Figs. 17 and 18, may be placed upon the plate A instead of the pawn 0 and the armature-disk n played so as to be caught in trap 19, thus affording a variation to the game.

I have shown the magnets 7L h as parallel compound bar-magnets; but I could use other forms of magnets, placed in other positions, without departing from my invention.

Having now described myinvention and its mode of operation, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In a mechanical and magnetic amusement game, a magnet or magnets, arranged to rotate and also to revolve around a common center, in close proximity to, and parallel with, a non-magnetic plate; to attract an iron or steel disk or other suitable armature-piece, and cause it to glide upon the face of said plate, in correspondence with the movements of said magnets; substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. In a mechanical and magnetic amusement game, the combination with a magnet or magnets,provided with mechanism to cause the same to rotate and to revolve around a common center; and a non-magnetic plate, arranged closely parallel to the plane of rotation of the magnets, having designations upon the face thereof; and an armature-piece, intercepted from the magnet by the said nonmagnetic plate; which armature, when the mechanism is in motion, will be caused to glide over the face of the said plate by the attraction of the magnets and in correspondence with the motion thereof; substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. In a mechanical and magnetic amusement game, the case, formed by plate A, walls 13, and base 0, and the pedestal 6, adapted to support the vertical shaft 1, and its balance-wheel c, and pinions i, and 7t, and actuating-lever (Z; in combination with the tablegear g, carrying magnets h, h, and engaging with pinion i, to be rotated thereby: together with the arm f, and the friction-idler D, attached to the end thereof, and bearing upon the lower central portion of table-gear g, and resting upon circular track a, to revolve the system around a common center at 7', whenever motion is imparted to the said mechanism by the movement of the segment-gear lever (Z; substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of January, 1899.

HERBERT CO'ITRELL.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR M. Sornnn, S. PEI-LIT RAWLE. 

